Question

A shopkeeper earns a profit of 2 rupees by selling one marker pen and incurs a loss of 1 rupee per eraser.
1) In the month of January ,he incurs a loss of 5 rupees .In that month ,he sold 40 marker pens . How many erasers did he sell

Answer 1

Answer:

40×2=80

Then,₹1 loss on every eraser

A/Q

shopkeeper loss =₹5 in month of January

Then, no. of eraser he sells=cost of 40 marker pens + loss amount

=(80+5) eraser

=(85) eraser